

A number of times we found ourselves driving too hard with ice cold tires. There’s a very real feeling of when the car goes over the limit, and once you’ve lost it there’s no coming back. Newcomers will have a steeper climb but will feel right at home as there are number of options to ease into. Authentic is a familiar option to Assetto Corsa players that enables driving assists relative to the driven vehicle.įor seasoned racing game veterans, the learning curve is small but noticeable.

Full turns every driving assist on - anti-lock brakes, traction and stability control - with the option to adjust everything as you go. It’s just you, the car and track with nothing preventing the driven vehicle from leaping over a barricade. There are three driving assists options available in the game: Off, Full and Authentic. Thankfully, those are a thing of the past, as SMS has simplified the Configuration and Force Feedback menus.īut surprisingly, our time with controller is what kept us coming back for more. Thinking about fine-tuning the FFB settings in-game (instead of through the CSL itself), we had flashbacks to the arcane menus found in PCARS1. Sure enough, we took the other mid-engined options around (the R8 and Huracan) and they were better.įor our tastes, they still felt a little light however. We brought our concerns up with the Bandai-Namco team, and they mentioned that during development, SMS found the 488 had quite a light helm in terms of GT3 cars. Uh oh.Īs it turns out, this isn’t necessarily a wheel issue, at least not solely. Just as it did then, the wheel barely responded. We did the same test we tried at E3 with our hands-on impressions in June: we took a Ferrari 488 GT3 to Algarve and aimed it at the big yellow sausage curbing. It didn’t have the deadzone in the middle, but - at first - it did feel far too light. We also spent some time with the preview build using the CSL Elite PS4.
